| 单词 | bum |
| 释义 | bumWord family adjectivebumsterbummednounbumstersbum bagbumbailiffbumfluffbumfreezerbumsuckerbumsuckingbummerbum bum1 /bʌm/ ●○○ noun [countableC] informal 1. British EnglishBrEHBH the part of your body that you sit on 屁股 SYN bottom 2. American EnglishAmEPOORHOME someone, especially a man, who has no home or job, and who asks people for money 流浪乞丐；无业游民〔尤指男子〕 3. beach/ski etc bum informal SPEND TIMEsomeone who spends all their time on the beach, skiing etc without having a job （无业的）流连海滩者/滑雪迷等 Examples from the Corpus beach/ski etc bum• Parke Puterbaugh and Alan Bisbort are beach bums and proud of it.• You envision a California beach bum. 4. LAZYsomeone who is very lazy 懒鬼 5 get/put bums on seats British EnglishBrE informal to make a large number of people go to see a film, play, sports match etc 叫座，卖座 She’s the kind of star who will put bums on seats. 她是那种很有票房号召力的明星。 Examples from the Corpus get/put bums on seats• When you can put bums on seats, then you can come and tell me what flights you want to travel on. 6. give somebody the bum's rush informal to make someone leave a place, especially a public place, quickly 驱赶某人〔尤指离开公共场所〕 Examples from the Corpus bum• Parke Puterbaugh and Alan Bisbort are beach bums and proud of it.• You envision a California beach bum.• Quigley peered down at its bum.• A couple of bums were passing a bottle in a doorway.• The same bums in the same pound seats.• She's always complaining about her husband, but she won't throw the bum out.• I thought the members had been waiting, just waiting, for the chance to throw the bums out.• Throw out those bums, and get some people willing to get results. bum2 verb (bummed, bumming) [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE informal 1 ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto ask someone for something such as money, food, or cigarettes 讨，乞讨 SYN cadge She bummed a little cash off me. 她向我讨了一点钱。 2 bum around phrasal verbphr v informal a) (also bum about)SPEND TIME to spend time lazily doing nothing 游手好闲，游荡 b) bum around somethingTRAVEL to travel around, living very cheaply, without having any plans 浪荡，漫游 He spent a year bumming around Australia. 他在澳大利亚游荡了一年。 Examples from the Corpus bum• In a cabin soaked in pure oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure for five hours, almost anything bums.• I think Steve managed to bum a lift home.• BTheodora sees Johnny up the street, bums a little change, then heads to a nearby liquor store.• I bummed a ride from Sue.• Please help me out before I shrink, fade or bum all my new does.• He's always bumming drinks off people and it really gets on my nerves.• He spent a whole year bumming from friends, crashing in strange places, selling weed with pals to make his bread.• For the last 18 months of his life, he bummed money, cigarettes and sympathy from his friends.• Then he laughed, and Petey felt it was worse that Ted had laughed, because afterward he seemed bummed out.• Once empty the external tank is jettisoned and will bum up in the atmosphere. bum3 adjectiveadj [only before noun] informal 1 DO BADLYbad and useless 蹩脚的，毫无用处的 The orchestra was excellent. No one played a bum note. 这支管弦乐队非常棒，谁都没错一个音。 Jim got a bum deal (=unfair treatment). 吉姆受了委屈。 2. a bum ankle/leg etc informal American EnglishAmE an injured ankle, leg etc 受伤的脚踝/腿等 Examples from the Corpus a bum ankle/leg etc• C Jeremy Newberry, with a bum ankle and knee, is still expected to start. Examples from the Corpus bum• He gave me a lot of bum advice.• It's going to be a bum deal all through for poor Cliffy.• The board also urged the courts to impose the maximum fines on bum landlords.• I moved the bum leg then, limped toward the door, and I started to spin.• It really was bum shooting, Jack. a bum deal• It's going to be a bum deal all through for poor Cliffy. (1800-1900) Probably from bummer “bum” ((19-20 centuries)), perhaps from German bummler “lazy person” |
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